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No. 635,666. Patentd not, 24, i899, P. m. CRAWFORD.

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(Application filed Apr. 14, 1899.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,666, dated October 24, 1899 Application filed April 14, 1899. Serial No. 713,006. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PERRY M. CRAWFORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rogers, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Burglar and Fire Proof Safes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to burglar and fireproof safes of that class or description in which the receptacle containing the money, papers, and othervaluables can be lowered into a well or shaft and locked in such position, so that it will be impossible to drill or blow the same open and which will also be protected from the effects of fire.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of the same which shall possess superior advantages with respect to efficiency in use.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of a safe constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken just above the false bottom of the shaft. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the false bottom. Fig.

4 is a detail longitudinal section of the lower portion of the shaft, showing the receptacle lowered.

In the said drawings the reference numeral 1 designates a rectangular metal casing provided with a door 2 and is preferably provided with a combination-lock. (Not shown.) This casing, which may be located in any convenient place in a building, is provided with a shaft 2 extending down below the foundation of the building and is provided with a false bottom 3. Formed in this false bottom are apertures 4;, through which are adapted to pass lugs 5,secured to thelower side of a verticallymovable receptacle,hereinafter described,and is also formed with a curved slot 6. Pivoted to the lower side of said false bottom is a bar '7, provided with projections 8, adapted to engage with said lugs. At one end this bar is provided with a pin 9,which passes up through said slot and is pivotally connected with an arm 10, having a hole or holes near the opposite end, through which is adapted to pass the spring-actuated bolt 12 of a combination-lock are much longer, so that the lock may be operated from a distance from where it is located.

The numeral 20 designates a vertically-movable receptacle adapted to move up and down in said shaft. Secured to the under side of this receptacle are two lugs 5, which when the receptacle is lowered pass through the apertures in the false bottom and are engaged by the projections of the pivoted bar. Secured to the upper side of said receptacle is a chain 23, which passes around pulleys 24 and atits free end is provided with a counterbalanceweight 25. The said receptacle may be pro vided with pigeon-holes and drawers like an ordinary safe, if desired.

When in use the receptacle is elevated,when

access can be had to the contents thereof. When not in use the receptacle is lowered, when the lugs at the lower end thereof will pass through the apertures in the false bottom. The pivoted bar is then operated by means of the arm 10, crank 14, and vertical rod 15, so that the projections 8 will pass through said'lugs 5. The bolt will now be shot by its spring and will engage the holes in said arm and the combination of the lock set. From this it will be seen that the receptacle cannot be elevated until the combination of the lock is unlocked, which can only be done by a person knowing the combination. The dial being located in the casing is readily accessible to those having authority to open the look, while the lock itself being located at the bottom of the shaft it is impossible to tamper with the same or introduce explosives to blow it open. There will also be no liability of the contents of the receptacle being injured by fire.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- The combination with the casing provided with a downwardly-extending shaft, the verticallymovable receptacle, the chain connected therewith, the pulleys and the Weight, and the lugs secured to the under side of said receptacle, of the false bottom to said shaft formed with holes through which said lugs are adapted to pass and with a slot, the bar pivoted to the under side of said false bottom, having projections adapted to engage with said lugs, the pin on one end of said bar passing through said slot, the arm pivotally connected therewith formed with a hole near the opposite end, the crank, the vertical rod, the combination-lock and the rod provided with a dial for operating the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PERRY M. CRAWFORD.

WVitnesses:

DAVID TAYLOR, K. H. CRAWFORD. 

